Civil Rights

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Across
  1. 4. enrolled in all-white university of mississippi
  2. 5. "if you think we are here to tell you to love the white man, you have come to the wrong place."
  3. 7. african american protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until they were served
  4. 10. him and his naacp lawyers would win 29 out of 32 cases argued before the supreme court
  5. 13. national protest group organized by shaw university in raleigh, north carolina
  6. 14. in this case, a girl's admission to an all-white elementary school was denied four blocks from her house
  7. 16. citizens and eliminate race prejudice
  8. 19. led their followers in a march to finish what James Meredith had started, the “walk against fear”
  9. 20. objective was to ensure political, educational, and social equality of minority
  10. 21. sat in the front row of the "colored" section on a montgomery bus and would not give up her seat to a white man
Down
  1. 1. prohibited any mandatory poll taxes that prevented African americans from voting
  2. 2. CORE and SNCC workers were registering as many african american voters as possible and hoping the campaign would reach all publicity to influence Congress to pass a voting rights act
  3. 3. these programs involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination
  4. 6. civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south
  5. 8. Eliminated literacy tests that had disqualified many voters and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.
  6. 9. in this case, the supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" law did not violate the fourteenth amendment
  7. 11. its purpose was "to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship"
  8. 12. "well, i'm not sure i'm the best person for the position, but if no one else is going to serve, i'd be glad to try."
  9. 15. prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
  10. 17. black muslims; elijah muhammad is the head of this
  11. 18. a political party to fight police brutality in the ghetto